Apple A17 Pro vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4
In Geekbench, the Apple A17 Pro is 2.8x faster in single-core and 2.6x faster in multi-core. Where the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 does better: newer Arm instruction set (ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.6-A).
Apple A17 Pro vs Snapdragon 6 Gen 4: key differences
Where the Apple A17 Pro leads
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64% higher peak CPU clock
3.78 GHz vs 2.3 GHz
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3x larger L3 cache
24 MB vs 8 MB
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Smaller process node
3 nm vs 4 nm
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4.7x more GPU compute power
2147 GFLOPS vs 458.2 GFLOPS
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2.6x faster in Geekbench multi-core
7,517 vs 2,903
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2.8x faster in Geekbench single-core
2,987 vs 1,066
Where the Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 leads
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Newer Arm instruction set
ARMv9-A vs ARMv8.6-A
AnTuTu and Geekbench scores
AnTuTu v11 Total
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
Geekbench Single-Core
2.8x fasterGeekbench Multi-Core
2.6x fasterFull specifications
Green marks the better value wherever one can be measured.
Overview
- Launch Date
- September 2023
- February 2025
- Chipset Class
- Flagship
- Mid-range
- Manufacturer
- Apple
- Qualcomm
- Model Number
- APL1V02
- SM6650
CPU
- Total Cores
- 6
- 8
- Core Configuration
- 2x 3.78 GHz - Performance cores
4x 2.11 GHz - Efficiency cores - 1x 2.3GHz - Cortex A720
3x 2.2GHz - Cortex A720
4x 1.8GHz - Cortex A520 - Max Frequency
- 3780 MHz
- 2300 MHz
- Instruction Set
- ARMv8.6-A
- ARMv9-A
- Process Node
- 3 nm
- 4 nm
- Manufacturing
- TSMC
- TSMC
- L2 Cache
- 20 MB
- 1 MB
- L3 Cache
- 24 MB
- 8 MB
- TDP
- 8W
- 5 W
GPU
- GPU Name
- Apple A17 Pro GPU
- Adreno 810
- GPU Frequency
- 1398 MHz
- 895 MHz
- Shading Units
- 128
- 128
- FLOPS
- 2147 GFLOPS
- 458.2 GFLOPS
- Ray Tracing Support
- Yes
- No
- NPU
- Apple Neural Engine
- Hexagon NPU
- API Support
- Metal 3, Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 3.0
- Vulkan 1.3, OpenGL ES 3.2, OpenCL 2.0
Memory & Storage
- RAM Type
- LPDDR5
- LPDDR5, LPDDR4X
- RAM Frequency
- 3200 MHz
- 3200 MHz
- Memory Bus
- 4x 16-bit
- 2x 16-bit
- Max Bandwidth
- 51.2 GB/s
- 25.6 GB/s
- Max RAM Size
- 8 GB
- 16 GB
- Storage Type
- NVMe
- UFS 3.1
Camera & Display
- Camera Support
- 48 MP
- 200MP
- Video Capture
- 4K at 60FPS, 1080p at 240FPS
- 4K at 30FPS
- Max Display Resolution
- 2868 x 1320
- Full HD+
- Video Playback
- 4K @ 60FPS
- 4K at 60FPS
- Video Codecs
- H.264, H.265, HEVC, AV1, VP8, VP9, ProRes, Motion JPEG
- H.264, H.265, VP9
- Audio Codecs
- AAC, AAX, AAX+, AC-3, E-AC-3, MP3, MP4, WAV, AIFF, CAF
- AAC LC, aptX Adaptive, LDAC
Connectivity
- Modem
- Snapdragon X70 5G
- Snapdragon X62 5G
- Network Support
- 5G
- 5G
- Download Speed
- 7.5 Gbps
- 2.9 Gbps
- Upload Speed
- 3.5 Gbps
- 1.6 Gbps
- Wi-Fi
- 6E
- 6E
- Bluetooth
- 5.3
- 5.4
- Navigation
- GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou, QZSS
- GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou, Galileo
Links
Benchmark results
Every AnTuTu and Geekbench result for both chips. Green marks the higher score.
AnTuTu v11
AnTuTu scores from iOS and Android are not directly comparable, so no winner is marked.
- Total
- 16,43,269
- 9,81,995
- CPU
- 6,00,198
- 3,84,338
- GPU
- 4,71,123
- 1,62,050
- Memory
- 2,30,169
- 1,85,277
- UX
- 3,41,779
- 2,50,330
Geekbench
- Single-Core
- 2,987
- 1,066
- Multi-Core
- 7,517
- 2,903
Overall Score
Each category scored out of 100.
Total Score
+32 pointsCPU Score
+34 pointsGPU Score
+50 pointsMemory Score
+11 pointsMore Apple A17 Pro and Snapdragon 6 Gen 4 comparisons
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